Stress-induced anhedonia is associated with hypertrophy of medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens

There is accumulating evidence that the nucleus accumbens (NAc) has an important role in the pathophysiology of depression. As the NAc is a key component in the neural circuitry of reward, it has been hypothesized that anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, might be related to dysfunction of this...

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Autor principal: João, Bessa (author)
Outros Autores: Morais, Mónica (author), Marques, Fernanda (author), Pinto, Luísa (author), Palha, Joana Almeida (author), Sousa, Nuno (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25086
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25086